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I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know read more
I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned out.
 That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed 
with profit.  
 That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed 
with profit. 
 We call some books immortal! Do they live?
 If so, believe me, Time hath made them pure.
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 We call some books immortal! Do they live?
 If so, believe me, Time hath made them pure.
  In Books, the veriest wicked rest in peace. 
 Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in 
a book!  
 Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in 
a book! 
Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.
Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.
If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would read more
If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would do it.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.